Africa Quiz!

Africa is the ... largest continent in the world.

• first

• second

• third

• fourth

Based on the poem titled, The White Man's Burden, by Rudyard Kipling, the White Man's Burden is...

• the idea that white colonizers are burdened by colonization.

• the burden the African people carried when the Europeans colonized Africa.

• the idea that white colonizers where responsible for civilizing the native African peoples during the era of imperialism.

• the need to build an empire.

Between 1650 and 1860, approximately 10 to 15 million enslaved people were transported from Western Africa to the Americas.

• True

• False

Which North African country is pictured here?

(a)  

The Berlin Conference was...

• the conference between the major European powers with the goal of amicably dividing African resources between themselves.

• the conference between Europeans and Africans about European claims on African land.

• the conference where King Leopold II of Belgium advocated for the rights of the African people.

North Africa is associated with...

• Europe

• the Middle East

• the Americas

• Asia

The ... River is the longest river in Africa.

• Congo

• Zambezi

• Limpopo

• Nile

The geographical feature that dominates North Africa is...

• the Congo River

• the Red Sea

• the Sahara Desert

• the Cape of Good Hope

Which West African country is pictured here?

(a)  

During the era of imperialism, West Africa was generally dominated by which European country?

• Germany

• France

• Great Britain

• Belgium